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Newspaper
Wooster Republican
Location
Wooster, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 04, 1907
Page
8
In Wooster Labor Day customs reflect restraint after the law and the prophet. Many factories refrain from full operations, barber shops shut for the day, and railroad offices observe the holiday though some trains run lightly. Local yards and enclosures close for minimal work.
An ad notes free offerings at Hiler's Racket Store located at 30 32 South Market Street during Wayne County Fair Week. It promises a wide stock and welcomes visitors to browse and meet friends, highlighting free items and a large selection of merchandise for customers.
Rural carriers' display at Camppewa Lake draws crowds as Wayne County fair planning expands. Medina trip for Wyandottes, fire response to a pipe leak, and local business updates including George from Oak Island visiting Wooster, property development on North Grant Street, and Firestone real estate activity highlight community progress and events.
In Smithville on September 4 a half inch rain refreshed fields. Threshing yields average about 22 bushels per acre for wheat and oats, with rows from 19 to 33 bushels. Corn prospects are good but require four more weeks without frost. A village social brought many locals together including Frank Plank and daughter Isa, and others visiting Jamestown and Niagara. Several families and neighbors are mentioned in visits, yard gatherings, and travel notes across nearby towns and farms. An advertisement for Preventics cold remedy appears amid local notices.
Mrs Ward Parwelee residing with her parents in the area bought cathartic tablets in town and later her young daughter Beattice, living with the family, swallowed many of them. Medical aid could not reverse the effects and the child died within hours. Mr M J Sheldon and family visited Michigan while Warner and his wife were in Ash lunch county on business last week.
Sept 4 update notes Peter Mongey buying land south of the Spade store for a brick building with first floor hardware and upper living quarters. The new Chemical Co buys ground once home to Gold Tile Snap and tile plant between SCINY Weeke ugg and East Factory street, aiming to rise four plants rivaling others in size and workers. Residence construction and a new schoolhouse progress, with J B Giah and wife hosting kin from Central City and Geo D Moyer family welcoming visitors from Pennsylvania.
County commissioners list recent payments to multiple vendors and individuals. Items include bridge work, grading, culvert and piping purchases, hauling, building stone and plank, gas for county buildings, sheriff supplies, and tax map rectification, totaling numerous small and mid sized expenditures. Names appear for John Speicher J C Ervin P McCelloch Victor Scott Allen Bookwalter John Berg D R Lance W A Bower Lewis Culvert Co Mohican Oil Co and others.
The notice lists marriages between Jobo CGC Muvere of Canton and Mabel M. Milter of Wooatar, Jesse Edward Jesser of Clermont and Aona May Bogard of Cree ton M B, George Erdiner of Columbus and Elizabeth Boydston of Wooatar, and L. Jagobsa of Red Haw with Myrtie Gortner of Latta sbure.
Elisabeth Piper Mrs Jobo Fortpsy and Mrs Eugene Lerce attended the Methodist missionary convention at Seville Wednesday. Mrs Babbit Landson returned to Ashtabula Friday after a week with relatives. Frank Norton of Mansfield visiting parents A J Norton and wife. Bernice Pramer visiting Mrs M L Howe. Finley and wife Sabbath in Cleveland. D C Muesselman of Akron vacationing at home. We meet a good doctor to locate in our village. Fortney and family spent Sunday at Kew Housleys Jeromeville. Grosjean of Fredericksburg spent Sabbath with M V Ocker family. Rachel Allison Spencer guest of Frank Rice. Barry Zimmerman Akron visiting his parents. Clayton Martin and Sisters Cleveland with relatives. Martha Fry Wooster visiting cousin. Gall Premer Mother Rice ill. Elmer Eberhart bought lot adjoining his home. Marion and Wylie Smith and Harry Smith West Salem Ashland guests at M W Ocker’s. Benjamin Norton wife Sabbath at Roy Housley Jeromeville. Woman's Home Missionary society meets at Mrs Wiler Sept 7 at 2 o'clock.
North Chester notes visitors and travel including T A Shaver of North Carolina and sister Mrs J C Campbell of Missouri leaving for NC. Samuel Reightner and family from Cleveland visit E P Smith. Samuel Hartman and wife of Hancock County visited last week for Whon rettler reunion. Mrs Hagaman and Miss Cox of Pennsylvania visit Harry Grable. Local rheumatism complaint and dry weather. four carloads of fertilizer shipped to Overton. Burns family from Indiana sick but not with typhoid. other locals to Ohio fair.
Elyria visitors Mrs Horne visits her parents the Armstrong reunion at the old home where Thomas Armstrong lives. Miss Kate Barnes dies suddenly to the shock of relatives attending her funeral from Creeden New Castle Canton Alliance and other towns. Royal Williams killed by a car in Canton is laid in a vault. Various locals including Miss Zelpha Macksy goes to Cleveland for business studies and Mrs Armstrong’s family visits from Lima and Akron. School postponed after ref Jansen declines position.
A garbled OCR fragment references a dog tag theft issue and a city ordinance. It mentions possible residents or groups and hints at law actions, but details are unclear. Names, dates, and locations are unreadable, leaving a partial snapshot of criminal activity and municipal response.
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